John Macdonald

1723 -

• Name	John Macdonald  [1]
  Birth	Between 1720 and 1723	Urquhart, Inverness, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I35005	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JDM
  Last Modified	18 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Grant
  Children	+ 1. James Macdonald,   b. 1754, Inverness, Scotland d. 23 Nov 1856, Brucefield, Stanley Township, Bluewater, Ontario (Age 102 years)
  Family ID	F20577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Iain MacEoghainn Oig; Iain Mac Iain Bhain. He served with three of his sons, in North Carolina, in the 84th Royal Highland Regiment on the Loyalist side in the American Revolution. Relocated to Bridgeville, Nova Scotia in 1784. Situated on the west side of the East River at Glencoe, Pictou County, a memorial cairn bears this inscription on its north face: JOHN A. MACDONALD AND HIS FOUR SONS DUNCAN JAMES ALEXANDER EWEN ALL OF THE 84th ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT WHO SERVED WITH THE LOYALISTS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR OF 1776 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MACDONALD OF GLEN URQUHART, SCOTLAND A SURVIVOR OF GLENCOE 1692 From Rawdon and Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships in Nova Scotia [citation details below]: John (or Iain) MacDonald was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland. m. (1) Jannet, m. (2) Margaret Grant. John McDonald (Iain MacEoghainn Oig) was born at Glenurquhart (about 1720-1723) and belonged to the Glencoe McDonalds. At the time of the Glencoe Massacre, 1692, one of the McDonalds fled to Glenurquhart and settled there. John McDonald was a grandson or great grandson of that man. He was about eight years in the Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, and three of his sons fought with him in the Revolutionary War on the Loyalists' side. He was also reported to be a veteran of Culloden in 1746. In the History of Bridgeville NS, it is written that 'Old' John was over 60 yrs of age when he finally settled in Bridgeville in 1784. According to an article by Rev. Alexander McLean Sinclair in the Eastern Chronicle 'He (Iain) settled in Strathbeg, or the Soldier's Grant, East River. Duncan, James and Ewen Mor settled near him.'

  
  

• Sources

  [S5755] Urquhart and Glenmoriston: Olden Times in a Highland Parish by William MacKay. Inverness, Scotland: The Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 1893. [S5757] Rawdon and Douglas: Two Loyalist Townships in Nova Scotia by John Victor Duncanson. Mika Publishing Company, 1989.